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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

knallen

English translation:

having a blast

Added to glossary by Frank van Thienen (X)
Jul 29, 2010 23:15
13 yrs ago
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Dutch term

knallen

Dutch to English Other Slang conversation
context:
"Ze wilden samen weer eens ,,lekker knallen’’. Veel en heftige kleuren gebruiken, niet te bescheiden zijn. NN1 en NN2 hebben niet zoveel met de gebaande paden."
Dit is volkstaal van na mijn tijd :-)
Is dit zoiets als "having a blast"??
Proposed translations (English)
4 (using) popping colors
3 go bang

Discussion

Chris Hopley Jul 30, 2010:
having a blast I'd go along with your own "having a blast" - vivid language to complement the vivid colours!
Frank van Thienen (X) (asker) Jul 30, 2010:
make-up artist and photographer This is from an article about a make-up artist and a photographer, teaming up (again) to create colourful facial art.
philgoddard Jul 30, 2010:
Could we have some more context please? Who are we talking about? What are they doing?

Proposed translations

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(using) popping colors

Using bright and contrasting colors. Dit komt van 'knallende kleuren'. (Whatever they were doing or what this applies to) they wanted to use popping colors.

Zie google images voor "knallende kleuren" en vergelijk ze met "popping colors" or "bright contrasting colors"
Note from asker:
Thanks Lianne! I like this option in this context.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Lianne! However, for the glossary I believe "having a blast" is generally more approriate. (I hope I'm following proper procedure here?)"
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go bang

They just wanted to "go bang" once more. Using many and violent colours, why restraining yourself?

"knallen" betekent voor mij (hier en in het algemeen) "je volledig uitleven in iets" In dit geval zit er ook een heel duidelijk element van vrije expressie in. Je laat je volledig gaan in iets. Je geeft je over aan alles wat je invalt, gaat daar in mee en vermijdt elk greintje reflectie.

Let the beat, let the beat be your lover
Free your mind, let the beat take you over
Throw all inhibitions up into the wind

Let's go bang
I wanna go bang
Let's go bang
I wanna go bang
Let's go bang
I wanna go bang
Let's go bang
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